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Comment on The Tunnel: Season 1 review by teleriferchnyfain https://slouching.tv/2013/12/18/the-tunnel-season-1-review/comment-page-1/#comment-26632
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:20:04 +0000http://slouchingtowardstv.com/?p=2692#comment-26632The fact that some ‘reality’ god had to be appeased by the kid’s death at the end in all the different versions – I’m sorry. Nonsense. Same reality either way. In fact, these kinds of killers RARELY manage to make it to the end of their twisted little fantasies, in real life. So not particularly realistic. But really upsetting – especially since unnecessary. Upsetting enough that I will not watch either the American/Mexican nor the French/English versions, let alone season 2. I get enough of this kind of nastiness when I read the papers (or I guess I should say YouTube nowadays). I felt this way about No Country for Old Men, Breaking Bad, & other such projects. Very well done, well acted, mostly well-written, but in the end just depressing with no tragic catharsis to make it worth my while.
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Comment on The Apprentice S10 Ep12: And the winner is … by Tim https://slouching.tv/2014/12/21/the-apprentice-s10-ep12-and-the-winner-is/comment-page-1/#comment-24316
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:56:57 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=4994#comment-24316I’m afraid this site is no longer active, Mark, as I’ve moved on to other projects. I’m doing shorter bullet point reviews for metro.co.uk but I’m not doing my full-length reviews any more as they were just too time-consuming to continue, sadly.
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Comment on The Apprentice S10 Ep12: And the winner is … by markdecosemo https://slouching.tv/2014/12/21/the-apprentice-s10-ep12-and-the-winner-is/comment-page-1/#comment-24315
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:30:29 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=4994#comment-24315Hi, Tim, I hope you are reviewing season 11??

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Comment on The Apprentice S10 Ep3: Kicking up a stink by Louisa Radice https://slouching.tv/2014/10/22/the-apprentice-s10-ep3-kicking-up-a-stink/comment-page-1/#comment-23311
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:00:33 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=4587#comment-23311James has got into trouble with candles again. Whether they were Beach Dreams scented was not specified…http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/chesterfield-businessmen-james-hill-and-jason-hill-in-court-after-havana-whites-fire-1-7303359
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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep10: Mother’s Mercy by gypsyking007 https://slouching.tv/2015/06/15/game-of-thrones-s5-ep10-mothers-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-23189
Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:04:50 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5598#comment-23189I’m close to giving up. If Jon is dead then what is the point? We have to have someone to root for. I could care less about Stannis, Arya or Dani. Did like the two quieter scenes of Sam and Jon and Tyrion and Varys. We’ve not had enough of these moments this year.
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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep9: The Dance of Dragons by lizholliday https://slouching.tv/2015/06/08/game-of-thrones-s5-ep9-the-dance-of-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-23115
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:28:00 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5595#comment-23115I’m okay with bad characters doing bad things, particularly when we know their nemesis is just around the corner. It’s when characters that I previously thought were good – or at least redeemable – do evil things that I start to lose faith a bit. (I really, really hoped that Stannis was going to come to his senses in time, and that seeing just how far over the line Melisandre was prepared to drag him would start him on some kind of redemptive path. But this is GoT and that kind of hope is almost always in vain…)
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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep9: The Dance of Dragons by gypsyking007 https://slouching.tv/2015/06/08/game-of-thrones-s5-ep9-the-dance-of-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-23114
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:58:39 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5595#comment-23114The ending with the dragon partially redeemed another harrowing episode of horrible people doing horrible things. I feel this year I’ve survived Game of Thrones rather than actually enjoyed it. Rape, infanticide, paedophilia, oh what fun. Maybe it’s time to stop watching.
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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep9: The Dance of Dragons by lizholliday https://slouching.tv/2015/06/08/game-of-thrones-s5-ep9-the-dance-of-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-23112
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:19:45 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5595#comment-23112I confess I still feel traumatised…. But I’m very interested in the difference between what happened here and what’s happened (so far) in the books.

I don’t want to spoil them for anyone who hasn’t read them yet, but the analagous event in the books caused Jon to make a really difficult ethical choice that made him a bit less sympathetic (to me, anyway). In the show, he’s still one of the few characters who hasn’t done anything much morally dubious (unless I’ve forgotten something*) – there’s him; Sam; Brienne & Pod; Bran and Rickon and their protectors. Maybe Doran (if I’ve got that name right) though he’s a shadow of himself in the show compared to the books owing to half the Dorne storyline having been omitted. Anyone else?

*I suppose he did betray his Watcher oath with Ygritte, but apparently a blind eye gets turned to that particular infraction; killing the Lord Commander was more dubious, but ultimately done under orders (I thought this was quite unclear in the show, though).

Makes me wonder if he’s being set up to be king – with his ethical choice being whether or not he betrays his Watcher oath for real.

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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep8: Hardhome by gypsyking007 https://slouching.tv/2015/06/02/game-of-thrones-s5-ep8-hardhome/comment-page-1/#comment-23027
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:41:53 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5590#comment-23027At last! An episode of season 5 that does the job! That last 30 minutes was awesome and stands right up there with the best as you say. Great scene between Dany and Tyrion too.
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Comment on Game Of Thrones S5 Ep7: The Gift by gypsyking007 https://slouching.tv/2015/05/25/game-of-thrones-s5-ep7-the-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-22960
Tue, 26 May 2015 18:35:14 +0000http://slouching.tv/?p=5587#comment-22960As you say, a much better episode. Can’t wait to see the Mother of Dragons and the Imp together!
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